Classroom Teacher - Performing Arts

Location Profile

Winters Flat Primary School, Castlemaine, established in 1860, opened on its present site in 1964. We have a number of large double classrooms, a new Learning Centre with four classrooms and two open learning areas, a fully equipped Library, large Art room, an indoor Gym Facility, a Chess room and Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden learning spaces, including and children¿s kitchen and expansive food gardens.

 We are located on the western side of Castlemaine and our grounds are spacious and attractively landscaped, providing a natural, traffic-free environment within a quiet residential area. The School serves a wide area of Castlemaine and District, and children come from a wide range of culturally and socially diverse circumstances ¿ creating a school with its own distinctive character. 

Our school has the largest playing grounds in Castlemaine, with two playgrounds, a playing area for Prep-Yr 2 students, green slopes, indigenous gardens, and a large sports oval.

Healthy eating and physical activity are important aspects of our curriculum, as are the Visual Arts. Environmental issues are important to us, not only through the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden program but also through the Resource Smart program. 

The school lives by the Values ¿Care for Self, others and The Environment¿ which are embedded into all facets of school life.

Selection Criteria

SC1    Demonstrated knowledge of the relevant curriculum, including the ability to incorporate the teaching of literacy and numeracy skills. Demonstrated experience in responding to student learning needs.

SC2  …